OpenAI Shouldn’t Destroy What Made ChatGPT Special

AI is not just competing on intelligence. It is competing on presence. A lot of people still think the future of AI will be decided by better reasoning, better models, and better tools. But that is only part of the story. People do not build lasting relationships with something just because it is useful. They stay because it feels vivid, recognizable, and somehow real to them. A purely functional AI can solve problems. But an AI with presence can do something more: it can make people want to come back.